Thursday, July 10, 2008

Screw the All Star Game let's put together a roster from those that have been utter disappointments this season.

C:Carlos Ruiz - With a lot of bad awful terrible catchers out there, Ruiz takes the cake this season. He's hitting .206 with only 2 home runs in the band box in Philly.1B:Todd Helton - His power #s have been in a steady decline for awhile but now he's not even hitting for average, registering in at .266 so far this season.2B:Freddy Sanchez - The former batting champ is now hitting .226 with a .253 on base % and a .307 slugging %. Ouch.3B:Geoff Blum - Not that surprisingly Geoff Blum hasn't been very good. He's hitting .219 for the Stros.SS:Omar Vizquel - Old Man River has been basically the worst hitter in baseball history.OF:Eric Byrnes - Captain hussle, has not been hustling too much with multiple trips to the DL and only 4 steals and 6 homers to his name.OF:Andruw Jones - Whatever has happenned to ole Andruw Jones. No longer a beast, he's now a player fans are grateful to have on the DL and not on the field.OF:Corey Patterson - Somehow still on the roster despite an OPS of .562, but mercifully relegated out of the Reds starting lineup.

Bench:J.R. Towles - Basically you can pick out any bad catcher for the backup position but Towles was the rookie de jour coming into this season and well he's hitting .152.Bench:Felipe Lopez - A utility man of awful this season. He's mixed time at SS and 2B and is Bench:Troy Tulowitzki - While not spending massive amounts of time on the DL, Tulowitzki is hitting under .170.Bench:Khalil Greene - Hitting .222 on a team that needs hitting more than any other in the league.Bench:Michael Bourn - His massive amount of steals be damned, the guy has an OPS of .571.Bench:Wily Mo Pena - Wily Mo is having a major major power outage this year with only 2 homers while hitting .210.

SP:Barry Zito - Who wouldn't want to pay 200+ million for 12 pre-all star break losses.SP:Brett Myers - So bad that the Phillies decided to send him to the minors to get straightened out.SP:Ian Snell - Looking like an emerging young star after last season, Snell has an ERA of 5.88 before landing on the DL.SP:Brad Penny - Formerly an All Star game starter, Penny has an ERA well above 5 and is now on the DL.SP:Mark Hendrickson - The opening day starter for the Marlins now sits with a bunch of losses and an ERA above 6.SP:Tom Gorzelanny - Gorzo was terrific at times last season. This year he has 7 losses and an ERA above 6.RP:Guillermo Mota - Former Steroid User Guillermo Mota has been so bad the last month he's gone from closer to be to ERA above 6.RP:Scott Proctor - The former Yankee who was abused by Torre, is now abused once again in LA where he has called himself out for being so terrible.RP:Luis Vizcaino - He was a Type B free agent, meaning the Yankees got a draft pick for letting him go. Now he has an ERA above 9 for the Rockies. RP:Manny Corpas - Corpas went from looking like Mariano in the postseason last year to out of the closers job in a flash.CL:Eric Gagne - Continued his miserable performances with the Red Sox last year with Milwaukee this year.